A Designer Looks at Art, Architecture and Everything
Kram Weisshaar designs a series of plates for Nymphenburg called My Private Sky.
Submit your birth data including place and time (date, hour and minute of birth) and Nymphenburg will generate the stars and constellations above the exact location and time.
Photos copyright kram/weisshaar, Frank Stolle.
My client, Sheila Coppola at Sidereal Fine Art Press, worked with artist Jeffry Mitchell to produce a number of limited edition intaglio print editions. Each series features elaborately drawn peonies, an image he has investigated over the last 30 years, using the traditional technique of soft ground etching.
During the proofing stages Mitchell paired etched plates to arrive at five different combinations. From these combinations he chose three to edition titled Double Peony I, Double Peony III and Double Peony IV. The three prints are in editions of seven each with various other proofs. Five of the seven prints may be purchased singly. Two of the seven prints are reserved for sale only as a complete suite of three prints. If you have any questions about these prints or the creative process involved in making the prints, Sheila is happy to discuss.
Double Peony I
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Double Peony III
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Double Peony IV
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Peony 2004
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Via FecalFace.com. Thesamenicepeople makes a handful of clothing and jewelry. Not limited editions … their quantities are lower than that … and quality and attention to detail are most important.
We bought one of the last remaining editions of Naoto Fukasawa’s Shelf X for B&B Italia. We ordered the piece from our Interior Design source in Italy and waited patiently for about 22 weeks.
The limited edition Shelf X design created by Naoto Fukasawa is limited to 300 pieces worldwide.
It took us several hours to de-crate the Shelf and get it into position. Davide at Santiccioli fabricated an excellent container that made the trip from Florence to Seattle. Above the shelf hangs Tony de los Reyes’ The Imago Sea Series no. 12.
We liked the idea of the white corian Shelf X against a white surface so we painted three walls in the room a modern bright white. This color scheme allows rich grey shadows to wander across the wall throughout the day.
Notice how the Shelf appears to float.
On top of the shelf sits a series of 8 beakers by Pieter Stockmans.
Unique spaces are created between the vertical forms. Books can stack flat or stand conventionally with vertical bindings.
There are no visible seams in the piece which gives the impression it’s been cut from a single piece of stone. Although the overall appearance is thin and light, the corian is absolutely rigid and can easily withstand the weight of a collection of books and objects.